When I first saw the title of this video from EffectFly, I didn’t understand what it meant. But 28 seconds in, all becomes clear. I love it when anglers show the bad and the ugly along with. . .
Read MoreVideo: “Beeps in New Zealand”
fly-fishing for brown trout
Video: “Drop Off Panic” in Patagonia
Here’s a killer video from northern Patagonia, where the annual migration of pejerrey minnows (also known as Argentinian silversides, Odontesthes bonariensis) causes big browns and rainbows. . .
Read MorePhoto of the Day: Lesa’s Midwinter Monster
A brown like this is worth braving a frigid winter day in North Georgia.
Photo by Reid Ogden
Will Taylor—guide and owner of The Fly Shop Company of Blue Ridge, Georgia—sent in another great photo of client Lesa Varie (you might remember her gorgeous tiger trout) with a. . .
Read MoreVideo: “Just Around the Bend” in New Zealand
Fly fishermen are, by nature, optimists. If the fishing is not good where we are, we tend to believe that it will be much better just upstream or downstream. In this great video by Swedish. . .
Read MoreVideo: Dawn Till Dusk in the New Zealand High Country
Here’s another great film from Matt Butler and Jakub Kanok, who head into the New Zealand backcountry. After they were battered by a storm on day one, day two turned out to be a. . .
Read MoreVideo: “Homecoming Waters” in New Zealand
Matt Butler headed home to the North Island New Zealand for the Christmas holiday and took some time to re-explore the waters where he grew up fly fishing. (He didn’t have to travel. . .
Read MoreClassic Story and Photos: An Epic Trip into the New Zealand Backcountry
Written by: Alastair Peake, Fiordland Lodge
A brown trout of around 8 pounds on a dry fly is well worth a long hike in.
All photos by Alastair Peake
After another three day expedition into the heart of Fiordland backcountry, I feel bruised and battered yet utterly privileged to have experienced such a fly fishing adventure in paradise! The Clinton river drains into Lake Te Anau in a location so remote it’s only accessible by. . .
Read MoreVideo: Mama Mia! Fly Fishing in Italy
Northeaster Italy is a gorgeous mountain wonderland, and the Piave River flows southward out of the Alps toward the Adriatic. As this beautiful video shows, the Piave and the upper Cismon, to. . .
Read MoreVideo: Tumbleweed Trout in New Zealand
Here’s a cool video that melds a bunch of cultures: it’s Norwegian anglers, fishing in New Zealand, told in the style of a spaghetti western. There are some cool video effects and an overall. . .
Read MorePhotos: Same Fish, Different Day
Check out the pattern of five spots right behind the eye. . .
Photos by Jon Hill
Way back in May 2013, we posted a couple photos by Jon Hill, which showed how he had caught the same brown trout twice. Well, yesterday Jon sent in the photos here, along with an. . .
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